€3.01 billion
in additional funding
(as of January 2024)
€58 billion
investment in 2023
(OECD 2025) - leader in EU
Nationwide network of
6
German Centres of Excellence for AI Research
5,859
published scientific articles (2024)
150
additional professorships on AI funded since 2019 (as of July 2024)
AI Monitoring: Describing the state of Artificial Intelligence in Germany
What is the state of research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Germany? To what extent is the transfer of AI technologies from science to application in economy successful? Where are AI competencies being developed and how widespread are they among the population? The AI Monitoring of Plattform Lernende Systeme provides key figures on the status quo and on the potential for further development of AI research and transfer in Germany.
65
Junior Research Groups for increased support of young scientists
(as of October 2025)
34
public programs to promote AI in SMEs
(as of February 2025)
(as of February 2025)
817
AI patents were newly filed by scientists from Germany in 2022
Compulsory Computer Science lessons in
10
federal states (as of October 2025)
220
study programs with AI focus
177
study programs with Data Science focus
(as of January 2026)
(as of January 2026)
502
AI startups founded (in the past 10 years)
$2.16
billion in private investment (2023)
150
publicly funded Transfer Hubs on AI
(as of 2025)
(as of 2025)
1,1%
of employees have AI skills or are professionally involved with AI (as of 2024)